A concrete capper used in preparing a concrete test sample comprising a jiglike device for insuring the formation of a substantially planar end on the prepared sample. The jig includes a removable glass plate which permits a user to simply replace the glass plate when necessary at a small expense.

A container filling apparatus for simultaneously filling all containers in a group of containers with a desired volumetric quantity of liquid. A lead group of containers is separated from a line of unfilled containers received by the apparatus. The group of containers is sequentially subjected to a filling operation and to the application of sealing caps, followed by the discharge of the resulting group of filled and capped containers from the apparatus. Each group of containers is supported dur...

A device for automatically filling and capping containers comprising a filler nozzle positioned above an elevator mechanism, a bag station spaced from and on one side of the filler nozzle and a cap station spaced from and on the opposite side of the filler nozzle, and a movable carriage having a cap chuck on one end and a bag chuck on the other and being mounted for controlled movement between the filler nozzle and the bag station and the filler nozzle and the cap station whereby when the carria...

As a plurality of rows of baked cookie halves, each having a flat side and a rounded side, leave the oven-cooler on a transfer conveyor belt they are allowed to fall off the end of the belt onto a lower conveyor belt. Every other row is allowed to free-fall with the result that they flip 180.degree. in mid air while the remaining rows are guided by a slide which is moved into position so that alternate rows of cookie halves on the lower conveyor belt are disposed with the flat side up and the fl...

A sandwich making machine for automatically making sandwiches having filling material located between the two cookie halves. The machine comprises a dividing mechanism for receiving rows of cookie halves and for automatically directing alternate rows of cookie halves to a top conveyor and a bottom conveyor. The bottom conveyor is positioned below the divider mechanism and the top conveyor is positioned adjacent the divider mechanism. A cookie aligning mechanism comprising a deadplate and a pushe...

Apparatus for applying closures to containers, wherein containers standing upright are moved by a rotor about a vertical axis in a circular path relative to an inclined chute which supplies closures one at a time to a position close to the rotor characterized in that there are pivotally supported transfer arms moving in consonance with the rotor and angularly relative thereto as they pass the chute to take closures from the chute and move them back to the rotor and a rotatable picker at the dist...

A capper chuck is disclosed for applying a closure cap to a container by conforming an annular skirt on the closure against an external conformation, such as a thread and pilfer ring, on the container. The capper chuck includes a plurality of support arms mounted on a rotatable housing for pivotal movement about pivot axes transverse to the axis of the housing, each support arm having a forming roller rotatably mounted thereon for movement to engage the skirt of the closure upon actuation of the...

A feeder for a bottle capping machine comprising a hopper to receive and direct the caps to a conveyor which transports the caps to a chute transversely disposed to the conveyor housing wherein the conveyor housing is adjustably secured to the capping machine whereby the housing can be angularly adjusted to cause bottle caps improperly oriented to fall to the bottom of the conveyor wherein the conveyor housing has an angular wiper bar to force properly oriented caps to be discharged into the chu...

As a plurality of rows of baked cookie halves, each having a flat side and a rounded side, leave the oven-cooler on a transfer conveyor belt they are allowed to fall off the end of the belt onto a lower conveyor belt. Every other row is allowed to free-fall with the result that they flip 180.degree. in mid air while the remaining rows are guided by a slide which is moved into position so that alternate rows of cookie halves on the lower conveyor belt are disposed with the flat side up and the fl...

A container capper is provided which includes a container clamping mechanism for clamping previously-filled containers at a capping station that is positioned at a point along a container conveying means. The capper also includes an adjustable speed rotary motor which drives a capper head having a plurality of radially movable, cap-grasper jaws supported therein for grasping caps and rotating them relative to the containers. Motor speed adjustability and torque sensing are provided to give preci...